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Is there a generation of gaming you're just not nostalgic for? (kbin.melroy.org)

submitted 3 weeks ago by NeoToasty@kbin.melroy.org to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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I would say Atari but that's just low-hanging fruit because it's a generation I never really got to play as it was before my time. But I am starting to fall out of nostalgia for the NES which is held dearly in a lot of hearts of retro gamers and gamers that have enjoyed what that system had to offer for a few decades.

I know it had offered a lot of classics and gave so many games their start, most of which are still with us today like Final Fantasy for example.

The best guess I can give about why I don't care as much about that generation is because it is very oversaturated when you start entering the world of retro gaming. For retro gaming I prefer SNES and Genesis, because I technically did start playing those when I was born and they were first released. So I have more favorability towards those than the NES and generations before and during it.

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[–] Stovetop@lemmy.world 10 points 3 weeks ago

Controversial take perhaps, but most of the N64 generation.

There are a few standout games that I think of fondly, but that was the generation where most developers were still trying to figure out 3D gameplay. Most games were clunky, where playing felt more like fighting against the mechanics rather than working within them. And they aren't that pretty to look at.

I also don't feel any nostalgia when looking at modern games that use that sort of visual aesthetic either. I am fine with pixel art games which emulate earlier generations, because the developers are (mostly) still taking that visual medium and elevating it above what technology was capable at the time, and the end result feels artistic and cool to look at. But games that emulate the early 3D art style are emulating the weird aliasing, melty and inconsistent textures, chunky models, etc. which is just taking the current medium and reducing it down to its worst state.